Also called:
Earth Resources Technology Satellite
(ERTS B)
Date of launch (location):
Jan. 22, 1975 (WTR)
Launch vehicle:
Delta 2910
Weight (kg):
953
Shape:
Butterfly
Dimensions (m):
3.0 height
3.4 width with solar panels
extended
Power source:
Solar panels plus 8 NiCd
batteries
Responsible NASA center:
Goddard Space Flight Center
Prime contractor:
General Electric Co.
Project manager:
Jack Sargent
Project scientist:
Stanely C. Freden
Objectives:
Acquisition of sufficient
multispectral imagery over the U.S. and foreign countries to
improve remote sensing interpretive techniques and to
further demonstrate the practical applications of ERTS-type
data.
Instrumentation:
Multispectral Scanner (4-band
scanning radiometer)
Return Beam Vidicon Camera System
(3-camera high-resolution TV sensor)
Data Collection System
Wide-band Tape Recorders (2)
Results:
Successful; NASA retired the system
in Jan. 1980 and reactivated it six months later for further
tests.
Reference: NASA, "Landsat 2 Mission Operations Report," E-641-7502, Jan. 9, 1975.